Selden Rodman papers 1924-1972

Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), Jr., 1917-2007

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Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. (born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. In particular, his work focused on leaders such as Harry S. Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. In the 1952 an...

Ripper, Rudolf Charles von, 1905-

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Rodman, Selden, 1909-2002

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Selden Rodman was born February 19, 1909, in New York City. He graduated from Yale College in 1931. In the 1930s, he helped found the journal Common Sense (1932-1946) with Alfred Bingham. During World War II, he served in the foreign nationalities section of the Office of Strategic Services. In 1944, the Haitian government produced his play, The Revolutionists, which lead to a later career as co-director for the Haitian Centre d'Art (1949-1951), promoting Haitian folk art internationally and ini...

Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964

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Rico (Frederico) Lebrun (1900–1964) was an Italian-born American painter, muralist, printmaker, illustrator and sculptor. From the guide to the Rico Lebrun Papers, 1957-1965, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Painter, teacher; Los Angeles, Calif. Born in Naples, Italy, Lebrun studied at the Beaux-Arts Academy and the Academy of Arts and National Technical Institute in Naples, assisting fresco painters between 1918 a...

Wojciechowska, Maia, 1927-2002

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Polish-born, American author of children's and young adult fiction. From the description of A kingdom in a horse : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62491252 From the description of How God got Christian into trouble : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62449098 From the description of "Don't play dead before you have to" : a novel : production material. (University of Minne...

De Bosis, Lauro, 1901-1931

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De Bosis was an Italian poet and freedom fighter who was killed in 1931 after dropping anti-fascist leaflets from an airplane over Rome. From the description of Papers, 1917-1933. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122581282 De Bosis was an Italian poet and anti-fascist; he taught at Harvard beginning in 1926, during which time he published his translation of La vita privata di Elena di Troia by J. Erskine. From the description of Letter : to unidentified ...

Herschberger, Ruth, 1917-

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Born in Philipse Manor, NY, 1917; grew up in Chicago; attended University of Chicago, 1935-38; Black Mountain College, North Carolina, 1938-39; studied theatre and poetry at U. Michigan, 1941; and playwrighting at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research, New York City, 1942-43. Wrote and produced plays for stage and radio; published book of feminist essays, Adam's Rib, under pseudonym Josephine Lang Staff, in England, 1948; published 2 books of poetry and contributed to antho...

Bingham, Alfred M. (Alfred Mitchell), 1905-1998

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Alfred Bingham was born in 1905, the third son of Hiram Bingham III and Alfreda Mitchell Bingham. He graduated from Yale College in 1927 and Yale Law School in 1930. After obtaining his law degree, he embarked on a two year trip around the world, visiting several countries and meeting and interviewing many international figures for American newspapers. Upon his return, he began the progressive journal Common Sense with Selden Rodman, which the two of them owned and operated until it ceased circu...

MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-

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MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitizer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor at Harvard. From the guide to the Plays, 1957-1968., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) MacLeish (1892-1982) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, playwright, teacher, librarian of Congress, and public official. He was also Boylston professor of Rhetoric...

Hale, William Harlan, 1910-1974

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An early pen name of William H. Hale was Harlan Thomas. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1939. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155890430 William Harlan Hale: founded Yale magazine, Harkness Hoot, with Selden Rodman; published first book in 1932; associate editor of Vanity Fair, 1932; columnist on Washington Post, 1933-1934; editorial associate, Fortune, 1934-1936; worked for Office of War Information, 1941-1945, in conne...

Eberhart, Richard Ghormley, 1904-2005

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Distinguished poet Richard Eberhart was born in Minnesota, and lived an idyllic life until experiencing the twin shocks of family financial crisis and his mother's death; his verse was significantly influenced by these experiences, and he would later cite his mother's death as the moment he became a poet. Eberhart was educated at the University of Minnesota, Dartmouth, Cambridge, and Harvard; he later worked various jobs as a tutor and educator, served in the naval reserve in World War II, and w...